Brookline, VT is a small town located in New England with a population of approximately 3,000 people. It is known for its quaint downtown area and beautiful surrounding landscape. The politics in Brookline are run by the local Town Meeting which consists of elected representatives from each voting district. Every two years, residents of Brookline are invited to attend Town Meetings to discuss and vote on important matters that affect the community. Some issues that have come before recent Town Meetings include budget decisions, land use regulations, and local ordinances. All residents in the town are able to participate in these meetings regardless of political affiliation or views. The elected representatives take the discussion from the Town Meeting and make changes accordingly. This ensures that all members of the community have an opportunity to voice their opinion and be heard.
The political climate in Brookline, VT is leaning liberal.
Windham County, VT is very liberal. In Windham County, VT 72.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Windham county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.1% to 24.7%.
Windham county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brookline, VT is leaning liberal.
Windham County, Vermont is very liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Brookline, Vermont: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Brookline, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,728 contributions totaling $271,682 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $5,195 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)